This is my first time posting in thinktank, I have a question are any of the handicapping programs that you dont have to build yourself anygood, any of the ones that you can buy as a package, I am not super computer savvy but I would like to get something? Any thoughts I would appreciate you guys in this thread seem to know what your talking about. Thanks.
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HurlsSBR MVP
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AngryPlanetsSBR Rookie
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#2I am trying to build my own program right now, and I did some looking for any open-source material before I started and came up empty.Comment -
FreeFallSBR MVP
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#3No one is going to do all the hard work for free...Comment -
MonkeyF0ckerSBR Posting Legend
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#5How much are you willing to spend?Comment -
HurlsSBR MVP
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#6i will check out, thanks for inputComment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#7Count me in, for the bidding wars on developing this guy whatever computer program he wantsComment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#11All Hail Monkey. Ruler of the Think Tank With an iron Fist!!!Comment -
MonkeyF0ckerSBR Posting Legend
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#12Just wondering. Seems a bit of a contradiction. Does it not?Comment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#13Certainly so. Monkey. Ne and you should be the resident coders. We cam he a travelling road shoeComment -
HurlsSBR MVP
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#14i think everyone got this question wrong or I asked it wrong, I dont want someone to build one for me, I wanted to know if there was a program out there for sale on the market that deals with trends and information that is a good one, so I can use to add with the factors that I use so that it doesnt take forever to do it all something to make capping easier for me. I am not a pro gambler by any means but as a hobby I like to try to cap my own games so anything that can help me get better I would like to try. thanksComment -
samserifSBR Hustler
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mathdotcomSBR Posting Legend
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#16Take the Bucks +6 again tomorrowComment -
MonkeyF0ckerSBR Posting Legend
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#17Eh? How hard is it to data model sports statistics? By the time you sifted through the other person's code and adapted it to your data, you could have coded it yourself three times over by scratch.Comment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#18Yup. Spoken like a true coder.Comment -
samserifSBR Hustler
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#19Modeling statistics is simple. Modeling data, often not so simple.
Depends on the code, doesn't it? Who knows, maybe I'll learn something from it.Comment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#20It depends on how complex the code is. The design patterns used. And how good the programmer(s) were that developed the code.
It is better to understand what you are writing, and write it yourself. Unless you can actually talk to the programmers, then the other code is usefulComment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#22Whose ghost are you anyhows?Comment -
AngryPlanetsSBR Rookie
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#25I'm not sure what you are asking, but reinventing wheels is probably the wrong analogy.
I also build my own guitars. That doesn't mean that guitars don't already exist, or that I don't know what existing guitar manufacturers provide. I do it because it is fun and because I can make exactly what I want.
I also brew my own beer. That's doesn't mean that beers aren't readily available where I leave, or that I don't know what other brewers provide to the marketplace. I do it because it is interesting and I can make exactly what I want.Comment -
samserifSBR Hustler
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#27What I meant was that many coders (as opposed to software engineers) jump into something without caring whether it's been done before, just because coding is fun, and seeing what's out there takes me away from coding!
I'm always interested in knowing whether something I want already exists. What's out there may not be exactly what I want, but it's often useful to ask, "Why was it built this way? Why was this feature omitted/included? How's the data organized and represented, and any clues as to why? Any cool ideas I can pilfer?" Sometimes I don't learn anything, other times I learn a lot.Last edited by samserif; 01-25-12, 08:53 PM.Comment -
MonkeyF0ckerSBR Posting Legend
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#29What I mean was that many coders (as opposed to software engineers) jump into something without caring whether it's been done before, just because coding is fun, and seeing what's out there takes me away from coding!
I'm always interested in knowing whether something I want already exists. What's out there may not be exactly what I want, but it's often useful to ask, "Why was it built this way? Why was this feature omitted/included? How's the data organized and represented, and any clues as to why? Any cool ideas I can pilfer?" Sometimes I don't learn anything, other times I learn a lot.Comment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#31Whose ghost are you? You've had six lifetime post, all in the think tank, all in this thread. The People want answers.Comment -
WrecktangleSBR MVP
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#32If all you want to do is code, use Elo scoring, works as well as anything else. All you need are wins and losses so harder to screw up.Comment -
Professor1215SBR High Roller
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#33Mathdotcom.....right about the Bucks, again. Go figure.
Maverick....have you ever been paid to write a program for somebody, how much would one charge?
Mods....not looking to buy anything or sell anything, just asking, for the record.Comment -
Maverick22SBR Wise Guy
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#34If you don't count my job as a software developer, I got paid to write programs in college for under achieving studentsThe price really depends on a gillion factors. Including but not limited to scope, timeline, complexity, how efficient of code desired.
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AngryPlanetsSBR Rookie
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I probably wouldn't have ever posted, but I had some knowledge that I thought would help OP. I didn't realize that I was going to get drawn into arguments this quickly.I originally considered posting detailed information about my project and its predictions in hopes of maybe making it a collaborative effort, but now I see that's not how this place works
The reason all my posts are in the think tank is because that is the only part of this board that interests me at this moment. I don't even check out the other forums, but might in the future.
Hope this helps!Comment
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